My Quest to upgrade 8.1 to Windows 10 and to continue with running SH3.

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29/07/2015

17:15 - after a trip back from London (family time) it's now my time to play. I power up the laptop all too eager to get sailing again and try to finish at least one years’ worth of patrols before I spot a new mod.

I gladly click the (GWX) icon (nicely named) to confirm my upgrade is ready... 45 minutes later, windows update is still trying to download the update and then it turn's red with error Code 80240020.

18:00 - I reboot laptop, and run “WindowsUpdateDiagnostic.diagcab” to find that windows update has not only crashed, but has been completely corrupted with missing services, runtimes, and various other items. Which it could not fix. Time for a beer as it's going to be a long time.

18:11 - I run disk clean-up and select all options for cleaning... This takes over 2 hours to complete, so I start fixing my old vista laptop with new battery and internal dvd rom. 2 more beers gone.

20:33 - with disk clean-up completed, i then go to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download and delete all files within this folder

20:38 – I open Command Prompt as admin (cmd) and type this command "wuauclt.exe /updatenow”

20:41 - this should clear the Windows Update cache completely. I re-run Windows Update - White Screen, I feel I’ve taken 2 steps back.

20:58 – After I had to fight with windows update to close, I reboot and run the normally very good “Tweaking.com - Windows Repair” which in turns finds the same errors and proceeds to fix them… 2 more beers gone.

21:13 – I then re-run Windows Update after a reboot, to find all the text is now back – however it just continues to search for updates. I let this continue for 42 mins and then change tactics… Another beer opened.

21:56 – I then decide to run Microsoft’s very good Fix-it toolbox and selects and runs ”FixWU”. This takes a little while and declares all found errors have been fixed, just to confirm I then re-run ”WindowsUpdateDiagnostic.diagcab” which also declares that Windows Update is now fixed, with no errors found.

22:33 – I Click the Windows Update icon and close my eyes……. “Windows 10 is downloading” I jump with joy, but calm down as there’s still plenty of time for things to go wrong.

23:55 - My laptop reboots and a lovely white circle begins to show me the progress of the upgrade installation. Another few beers consumed waiting.

01:40 – Laptop finally reboots into the lovely Windows 10 desktop. I then proceed to re-fresh the laptop with a fresh clean install of windows 10.

03:44 – After more than 10 hrs and a few sips of beer I’m ready to install and run SH3 for the first time. Before that it's bedtime.

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